# wgrib2: -version, --version

## Introduction

The -version option prints the version, release date
and people who contributed code. The alias,
--version, was added 5/2016.

## Usage

```
-version
--version
```

### Example

```
$ wgrib2 -version
v0.1.7.7h-beta2 11/2008 Wesley Ebisuzaki, Jaakko Hyvätti, Kristian Nilssen

Karl Pfeiffer, Manfred Schwarb, Arlindo da Silva, Niklas Sondell, Sergey

Varlamov

```

See also:

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> Description: misc print version

_Docs derived from <https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/wgrib2/version.html>_
